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Project Car – Betrayer Part 2 – Front Axle
It’s been far too long, and the project has languished. On the other hand, the house project is now complete. I’ve had some time over the past few months to work on some of the running gear. The goal is to have a pair of refurbished axles ready to roll, […]
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Project Car – Betrayer Part 1 – Beginnings
As some of you may know, recently an old friend passed away, and some stuff was left to me, another guy, and a charity. One day the solicitor, executor of the estate, called me and said “Take these cars or they’re going to the scrapyard” Unsure what the plan would […]
Read MoreReshaping mdadm from RAID1 to RAID5
I recently obtained a new dedicated server from the SoYouStart section of OVH. With 4 x 2TB disks, it has more than enough space. Except it was all in a RAID1 configuration. A little excessive, and I tend to run RAID5. I needed to reshape this, and whilst there was […]
Read MoreBTRFS Array Increase and Gotcha
Recently I’ve been fortunate enough to get my hands on an additional set of 3x 4TB disks, which I’ll be adding to my existing 3x 4TB mdadm/lvm2 array. However, first I need to decommission my 3 x 2TB BTRFS array, and move the stored data to mdadm/lvm/ext4 btrfs was configured […]
Read MoreFailure to Insulate – Part 2
Having been woefully let down by the Scottish Government and Energy Saving Trust we decided to press on. We are in the incredibly lucky position of being able to pay for External Wall Insulation out of our own pocket. We had initially tried to get a 0% loan from the […]
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